Posts published by “Elise Cox”

A pivotal moment for the city of Willits may arrive Monday night, when elected officials are preparing to preside over what one council member described as the most consequential meeting in the city’s history. Vice…

Mendocino County is facing a deepening structural deficit, with projected expenses continuing to outpace revenues through at least 2030, according to a recent mid-year budget review and preliminary forecasts for fiscal year 2026–27 (July 2026…

Should Mendocino County spend $500,000 on legal and lobbying work tied to the decommissioning of the Potter Valley Project — or put that money toward repairing roads? Supervisors wrestled with that question at Tuesday’s board…

The Surface Transportation Board on Thursday denied a petition to abandon a 40-mile railroad line in Mendocino County, ruling that the corridor retains potential for freight service and must remain part of the nation’s interstate…

Editor Cox’s note: We don’t typically cover national news, but more than half our readers find us through Facebook, and it’s important for them to understand that the rules are changing. The U.S. Department of…

A previously inaccessible court docket and related records in a case involving journalist Matthew LaFever were made public on February 2. Included in the records was a request for a special master and a transcript…

A Mendocino County jury has found a Fort Bragg man guilty of assault with intent to commit rape and kidnapping with the intent to commit rape in connection with an attack on a local woman…

Takeaway: County could gain $75,000 in transient occupancy taxes, while incurring additional administrative, enforcement and infrastructure costs. Ten months after quietly lobbying state lawmakers to make it easier to approve small commercial campgrounds regardless of…